Rail-joint.



A. G. KLINE.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1912.

1,052,26 1. Patented Feb. 4., 1913.

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RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4,1913.

Application filed July 20, 1912. Serial No. 710,666.

citizen of the United States, residing at Sabula, in the county of Glearfield and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail joints, the object in view being to provide a thoroughly braced rail joint, doing away with the usual bolt holes which tend to weaken the splice bars.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combination of rail ends, splice bars, and tie plates which will enable all of said parts to mutually interlock and brace each other, without any liability of the same getting out of proper relation to each other, after the joint has been spiked to the ties.

A further object is to so combine the parts of the joint that they may be associated in proper relation to each other in much less time than is now required to assemble the ordinary rail joint now in common use. At the same time, the rails are effectively prevented from spreading or breaking down adjacent to the joint.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rail joint, embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section through the same in line with the pins and studs. Fig. 3 is a bottom perspective View of one of the splice bars. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the tie plates.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a pair of rail ends, each embodying the usual head 2, web 8, and base flanges 4.

In carrying out the present invention, I employ a pair of oppositely arranged splice bars 5 and 6, each of which is the counter part of the other. Each splice bar is made of suflicient height at its inner side to fit between the head and base flange of the rail, as clearly shown in the cross sectional view, and is also made of suflicient lateral extent to reach beyond the side edge of the base of the rail, so as to rest in contact with the tie plates, hereinafter more particularly described. Each splice bar is further provided along its inner face with a horizontal row or series of sockets 7 and the sockets in one of said splice bars are made slightly smaller than the sockets in the other splice bar, while between the two rows of sockets in the splice bars, the webs of the rail ends are provided with registering holes 8.

Pins 9 are driven into the smaller sockets in one of the splice bars, so as to be permanently fastened thereto, and said pins pass through the holes in the webs of the rail ends and fit loosely and removably in the sockets in the oppositely located splice bar, so as to enable the splice bars to be associated with the rail ends quickly, much less time being required than is now utilized in placing the usual clamping bolts through the fish plates and rails.

The joint as a whole generally occupies the space of three wooden ties, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and on top of each tie, a metal tie plate 9 is placed, the same being spiked to the tie, if desired. Each of the tie plates is provided, adjacent to the opposite ends thereof, with transverse shoulders 10, against which the outer edges of the splice bars are adapted to abut, when all of the parts of the rail joint are combined in the manner illustrated in the drawings. Each of the tie plates 9 is also provided at suitable distances from the shoulders 10 with sockets 11, designed to receive studs 12 projecting from the bottoms of the splice bars, said. studs assisting the shoulders 10 in sustaining the splice bars in proper relation to the rail ends. The splice bars are provided in their marginal edges with notches 13 to receive the usual spikes which are driven into the wooden tiesat one side or the other of the tie plates 9. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, grooves 14: are formed in the inner faces of the splice bars in line with the sockets 7, so as to provide upper and lower bearing faces 16 and 17 located, respectively, above and below the line of said sockets. This groove forms a clearance for any foreign matter which may find its way through the pin holes in bringing the two splice bars into their proper relation to the rail ends, and insures a perfect bearing of the splice bars against the webs of the rails, and also against the heads and bases thereof.

What is claimed is:

A rail oint, comprising rails having holes through the Web at opposite sides of the bar, and studs projecting from the bottoms 10 joint, splice bars at opposite sides of the of the splice bars into sockets in the tie rails, tie plates extending transversely unplates.

der the rails and splice bars and provided In testimony whereof I aflix my signature With shoulders against Which'the outer edges in presence of tWo Witnesses.

of the splice bars abut, pins fitting tightly 7 AMOS G. KLINE. into sockets in one splice bar and projecting lVitnesses:

through the holes in the rails and fitting re- U. S. N. CROUSE,

movably into sockets in the opposite splice W. H. WAITE.

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Washington, D. G. 

